Tag: writing
Blogging challenges for November
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Lou shared some blogging challenges for November. Could I write 9,000,000 or more words this month?
Rands on Your Writing
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I write for me. When I write about programming it’s because I want to remember something I just learned. When I write about other stuff it’s for similar reasons, to help solidify my thoughts on a topic. If others like it, that’s a bonus.
All About Writing from Production to Consumption – 3 Threads
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This is publication is reader supported. All members get my book notes, and course supporters get all my courses and published books. Plus, members get a fairly regular extra instalment of my writing. Everyone Thinks They Can Write In an interview with Steven Pressfield some interesting ideas came up. First was Pressfield’s assertion that everyone…
Would You Watch Your Own Videos?
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From Matt: Would you read the blog posts you write? Would you watch your own videos? Remember that making good shit is about making things people enjoy, so think about what you like and try to make things that you would be excited to see when you’re browsing the web. We’re all unique in our…
Collecting Book Ideas in Obsidian
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About once a month I’ll write a blog post and the idea will stick with me for a day or two. The most recent time this happened was with the post We Own Nothing – The Broken Promise of the Information Age, I think that idea has legs to it. I have a personal story…
Library as Serendipity and Writing is Thinking – PKM Weekly Issue 096 for Nov 12 2023
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If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. The Library is…
4 Mistakes Beginner Note Takers Make
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Today we’re going to look at the mistakes beginner note-takers make, though they’re not limited to beginners really. As I’ve coached more people on their note process I see many people falling into these traps in their PKM system. They learn these bad habits then never recognize them and don’t make changes to their systems.…
Obsidian Novel Word Count
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Depending on how you have your projects organized, you may want the word count of a folder. This is where Novel Word Count for Obsidian can help you. Novel Word Count does one thing, count the words of the items in the folders in your Obsidian vault. By default it will only show you the…
Like Marc Said…Writing is Magical
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I entirely agree with Marc, writing is magical. All of his reasons are excellent, but I use 4 and 5 regularly. At my programming gig if any issue in Github takes more than a quick fix then I document it in our work Obsidian system alongside the issue. Yes sometimes it shows failed paths that…
The More I Write My Thoughts
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From Joe: The more I write out my thoughts, the more I understand myself and the more I want to write out my thoughts. I too journal my thoughts on the day in my Bullet Journal. Sometimes it’s intimate, sometimes it’s me saying I wish I could read more without needing to do “billable” hours…
